What is that about? I remember being transported in helicopters operated by some random heli company. Besides that I think the regular forest helitack ship is in reality owned and operated by some company under season contract and not actually owned by the feds.
Judge Rules the Forest Service is in Violation of the Clean Water Act, But May Continue Discharging Retardant
USFS retardant use has a reprieve due to this SCOTUS ruling against the EPA
“Since January 1, 19,693 wildfires have burned 620,986 acres across the United States. These numbers are below the 10-year average of 22,946 wildfires and 1,125,626 acres burned.”
Includes year-to-date statistics 2013-23
So is the PDS Red Flag a new national level declaration or is this just something the Medford NWS Office is doing?
Looks like its been in the works for awhile.
Seems sorta abstract and vacuous. No idea where the initiative for it originated. Was there really a need for an escalatory indicator? Are they looking at precautionary evacuations with no fire starts? Maybe Cal Fire will have something to say about it. I thought the same thing about using the term “areal”.
Plain language should be the rule. Try ‘bejewel, festoon and encrust’ on for size. Fancy words for what PIOs should avoid doing, eh?
Plain Language | U.S. Department of Labor.
Plain Writing Act of 2010
PUBLIC LAW 111–274—OCT. 13, 2010